Tag Archives: future

November 13 – Like Spiritual Spit and Baling Wire?

Posted on 11/13/2018 by rockyfort

Lamentations 1-2 Hebrews 10:1-18 “The law is only an unclear picture of the good things coming in the future; it is not the real thing. The people under the law offer the same sacrifices every year, but these sacrifices can … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotional Thoughts | Tagged baling wire, chewing gum, Christians, Church, complete, Egypt, fellowship with God, fix something, future, fuzzy, Grace, Hebrews, imperfect, Jesus, Jesus on the cross, Law, made perfect, Paul, perfect, Promised Land, real thing, Relationship with God, sacrifices, same sacrifices, sin, spit, stand before God, teacher, unclear picture, worship God

July 9 – Dealing With God’s “No”

Posted on 07/09/2018 by rockyfort

Job 38-40 Acts 16:1-21 ‘That night Paul saw in a vision a man from Macedonia. The man stood and begged, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.’ After Paul had seen the vision, we immediately prepared to leave for Macedonia, … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotional Thoughts | Tagged Asia, best use, closed doors, discourage, encourage, Europe, frustrating, future, gifts, God, God knows, God says no, good news, Greece, Greeks, help us, Luke, Macedonia, No, open doors, Paul, plan, plans, pray, Serve God, Silas, talents, Timothy, vision

January 25 – Oh God, That Would Never Happen

Posted on 01/25/2018 by rockyfort

Exodus 12-13 Matthew 16 “Peter took Jesus aside and told him not to talk like that. He said, ‘God save you from those things, Lord! Those things will never happen to you!’” (Matthew 16:22 NCV) Peter is quite a character. … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotional Thoughts | Tagged amazing faith, athlete's tongue, burial, character, Christians have problems, Death, declaration of faith, disciples, foot in mouth, future, God, half listening, Jesus, Jesus walks with us, Lord, Matthew, messiah, Peter, ready fire aim, resurrection, suffer, tomb

January 8 – Dealing With Desires and Needs

Posted on 01/08/2018 by rockyfort

Genesis 20-22 Matthew 6:19-34 “Seek first God’s kingdom and what God wants. Then all your other needs will be met as well.” (Matthew 6:33 NCV) As Jesus moves on in the Sermon on the Mount, trust becomes the issue. Where … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotional Thoughts | Tagged beauty, Birds, clothing, corruption, daily provisions, evil desires, flowers, food, future, God's kingdom, God's wants, greed, Matthew, needs, pursue God, pursuit of wealth, right with God, see and believe, seek first, sensuality, Sermon on the Mount, stolen, trust, trust God, wealth, worry wort

December 24 – What’s In A Name?

Posted on 12/24/2017 by rockyfort

Luke 1:57-80; Ezekiel 35-36; Isaiah 59 My wife and I discussed baby names long before she was even pregnant. We knew the names we wanted to use and we knew why a year or two before we even tried to … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotional Thoughts | Tagged approved list of names, astonishment, baby names, character, Christian, Culture, dad, Elizabeth, future, Germany, God's decree, Grace, His name is John, History, honor, honor the father spiritual experience, Jesus, Jewish tradition, John, John the Baptist, memory, mercy, misstep, named after a relative, naming party, Nazis, no more argument, people watching, Praise God, Rwanda, tradition, Zechariah

May 13 – Trouble Ahead

Posted on 05/13/2017 by rockyfort

Acts 21:1-36; Judges 16; Psalm 42 You might get ready to call me a heretic, because I’m going to say something that modern Christianity doesn’t like to hear: when you follow God’s will, sometimes bad things happen. I thought about … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotional Thoughts | Tagged bad things happen, call of God, Chad, Christianity, commitment to God, courage, Egyptian Copts, eternal life, execution, faithfulness, false chargs, follow God's will, future, get bold now, get out now, God, God's favor, God's will, heretic, hostility, ISIS, Jerusalem, Jews, living, Lord Jesus, Lord's Will, man's favor, more important than life, Paul, ready to be bound, ready to die, strength, Their God is my God, warnings

April 25 – Paradigm Shifts

Posted on 04/25/2017 by rockyfort

Acts 10:34-48; Joshua 9-10; Job 25 In AD 312, Constantine was facing a battle for control of the Western Roman Empire. He had a vision of a cross in the sky hearing the words, “In this sign, you shall conquer.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotional Thoughts | Tagged apostles, Church, Constantine, control, cross in the sky, culture changes, dominant, Edict of Milan, Forgiveness, future, Gentiles, gospel, Grace, Holy Spirit, IHS, in hoc signo, in this sign, influence, Jesus, name of Jesus, opportunity, paradigm shift, persecution, Philip, political power, Roman Empire, Romans, Samaria, sins

March 22 – An Unfair God

Posted on 03/22/2017 by rockyfort

Matthew 20:1-16; Numbers 13-14; Ecclesiastes 9:1-12 I hear stories of them, but haven’t found anything I can verify through research. You know what I mean: death bed conversions. Every so often a well-known atheist or agnostic dies and rumors are … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotional Thoughts | Tagged agnostic, atheists, Billy Sunday, changed lives, death bed conversions, disappointment, forgiven, future, heaven, hope of heaven, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, landowner, live for Christ, parable, pay for a day's work, refuse to follow Christ, Savior, sins, turn to Christ, unfair, unfair God, work against the gospel

December 22 – Endure Now for the Future Glory

Posted on 12/22/2016 by rockyfort

Psalm 113; Genesis 30:1-24; Romans 8:18-30 The story of the ant and the grasshopper is an interesting story. In the original fable by Aesop, the ant works hard gathering and storing food while the grasshopper refuses to work and plays … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotional Thoughts | Tagged Aesop's Fables, ant, beatings, Christians, destructive, disowned, endure, future, give up, glory, God's love, Grace, grasshopper, hardships, imprisonments, left for dead, lifestyle, lost jobs, mercy, Paul, play, relationship with Christ, Romans, summer, walking with God, winter, work, worldly pleasures

October 12 – A Faith to Die For

Posted on 10/15/2015 by rockyfort

Revelation 12; Esther 2; Psalm 105:26-45 We see it happening far too often in certain parts of the world – especially those areas ruled by ISIS. The captive Christians are marched out to some predefined area and then they are … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotional Thoughts | Tagged American Church, apostasy, Christians, deny faith. testimony of faith, faith, future, hard times ahead, ISIS, Jesus Christ, Lord, overcoming, persecution, ready to die, recant

Tag Archives: future

November 13 – Like Spiritual Spit and Baling Wire?

July 9 – Dealing With God’s “No”

January 25 – Oh God, That Would Never Happen

January 8 – Dealing With Desires and Needs

December 24 – What’s In A Name?

May 13 – Trouble Ahead

April 25 – Paradigm Shifts

March 22 – An Unfair God

December 22 – Endure Now for the Future Glory

October 12 – A Faith to Die For

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